The Maze Runner, a film about manipulation of others, directed by James Dashner by Keila Estrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f en-us 2016-10-07 18:13:23 UTC 2025-12-14 02:38:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Synopsis  20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129219807 Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), a teenager, arrives in a glade at the center of a giant labyrinth. Like the other youths dumped there before him, he has no memory of his previous life. Thomas quickly becomes part of the group and soon after demonstrates a unique perspective that scores him a promotion to Runner status -- those who patrol the always-changing maze to find an escape route. Together with Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), the only female, Thomas tries to convince his cohorts that he knows a way out.
(left to right, Gally, Teresa, Thomas, Minho, and Newt)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maze_Runner_(film)

]]> 2016-10-07 18:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129219807 The Main Characters  20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129221977 Thomas: The protagonist of the story. He arrives in the Glade with no knowledge of who he is or was. He only remembers his name and nothing else about his life. Thomas proves to be brave, loyal, and clever, with isolated telepathic powers and a very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze. Soon after arriving in the Glade, Thomas makes both friends and enemies and proves a leader among the boys.
Minho: One of the first Gladers, and therefore one of the most senior, Minho is a sometimes brash but dependable leader. As Keeper of the Runners, he is charged with overseeing the daily searching and mapping of the Maze, a dangerous task. Although he and Thomas do not get along upon meeting they come to be close allies after becoming trapped in the Maze overnight.
]]> 2016-10-07 18:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129221977 The Main Characters (continued) 20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129602444 Newt: Named after Sir Isaac Newton, Newt is a tall, muscular boy with long blonde hair who operates as second in command in the Glade. Sarcastic and direct, Newt befriends Thomas early on and spends time explaining the way the Glade and Maze work to him. As Alby's leadership begins to erode, Newt steps in to fill the gap and support Thomas's plans to escape.

Teresa: A teenage girl who mysteriously arrives in the Glade the day after Thomas. She tells everyone that everything is about to change, before slipping into a coma. Thomas is sure that he knows Teresa from before, but cannot remember. Later, it is revealed that she shares a telepathic link with Thomas. They become close friends over the course of the novel and Teresa helps Thomas and Chuck deactivate the Maze during their escape. She is the only female character in almost the entire book, yet she serves little purpose except to catalyze plot and Thomas's character development.

Davé, Amit. Weinbloom, Elizabeth ed. "The Maze Runner Characters". GradeSaver, 4 January 2013 Web. 10 October 2016.]]> 2016-10-10 18:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129602444 Facts & Details  20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129611171 The movie took over a large farm in Jackson, La. for its 44-day shoot. Despite providing ample space for all that running, there were a few problems (of the venomous sort) with the location. The grassy setting was littered with snakes – there were so many that production had to hire special snake wranglers to come in. Twenty-five in total were removed, the largest apparently being a 5-foot rattlesnake. Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Newt) told Vulture that one of his castmates was even bit by one of snakes. Luckily, however, it was a non-venomous.
read more at: http://uproxx.com/movies/the-maze-runner-7-facts/3/]]> 2016-10-10 18:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129611171 Trivia  20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129611295
  • but The film was shot in 44 days.

    • Many of the characters' names are taken from historical figures and most are from inventors, mathematicians, philosophers, or scientists to illustrate their intelligence (which was a major plot element in the novel): Thomas (Thomas Edison), Alby (Albert Einstein), Newt (Isaac Newton), Chuck (Charles Darwin), Gally (Galileo), Teresa (Mother Teresa), Winston (Winston Churchill), Ben (Benjamin Franklin) and Frypan, in the novel also called Siggy (Sigmund Freud). Author James Dashner has said that Minho is not named after anyone famous but his niece's Korean husband. The novel also featured other characters such as Aris (Aristotle) and Harriet (Harriet Tubman). 
    • W.C.K.D is pronounced as wicked, because in the book the acronym was W.I.C.K.E.D.; standing for World In Catastrophe, Killzone Experiment Department.
    • imdb.com 
    ]]>     2016-10-10 18:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129611295     Quotes  20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129933358 1. Thomas: Chuck, don't let go!
    Chuck: No s**t!

     2. Frypan: Newt, what do you see?
    Newt: It's a girl. I think she's dead.
    Gally: What's in her hand?
    Newt: [Newt takes note from Teresa's hand] "She's the last one... ever." What the hell does that mean?
    Teresa: [Wakes up, gasping] Thomas...!

    3. Newt: Great, we're all bloody inspired.
    - imdb.com



    ]]>     2016-10-11 18:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129933358     My favorite character: Thomas 20kestrada https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129939723 At times, Thomas comes off like a whiny little malcontent—especially in the beginning of the book when all he wants is for the other boys to answer his inquiries. Being simple in a complex world is kinda refreshing, though. As readers we always know where we stand with Thomas. His decisions are mostly based on a single driving factor: he wants to figure out the Maze. He wants to be a Runner because it'll help solve the Maze; he wants the girl to wake up and explain things because it'll help solve the Maze; he wants Frypan to make him some gall-dang lunch because it'll help him solve the Maze. You get the idea.

    Shmoop Editorial Team. "Thomas in The Maze Runner." Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 11 Oct. 2016.]]>     2016-10-11 18:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20kestrada/p0cun642h39f/wish/129939723